Monthly Archives: July 2012

Mousterian Scraper from San Marco in Lamis (Gargano; Italy)

Posted on 07/27/2012 by Katzman

This is a surface finding from a rock shelter, used as a dumpsite by the local population near San Marco in Lamis (Gargano; S-E-Italy) Gargano is a small mountainous promontory protruding into the Southern Adriatic and, from a structural point … Continue reading →

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Fontmaure and the “Moustérien typique final à lames”

Posted on 07/11/2012 by Katzman

These are blades from the Fontmaure site putatively assigned to the upper Mousterian level detected by Luis Pradel in 1938. The Fontmaure site was first recognized in 1905, plundered by amateurs until 1935 ,and finally destructed by quarry operations. Fontmaure … Continue reading →

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Tanged

Posted on 07/06/2012 by Katzman

One tanged instrument (maybe an unfinished arrow point) from the Dutch Neolithic and four tanged arrow points from the PPNB of the Levant. Projectile points made of stone are known since  the MSA  and the Middle Paleolithic  (http://www.aggsbach.de/2011/11/mousterian-msa-point-from-maroc/) (http://www.aggsbach.de/2011/10/targeting-prey-by-bow-and-arrow/) Composite … Continue reading →

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Transitions during the Paleolithic of North Africa

Posted on 07/01/2012 by Katzman

These are three Epipaleolithic artifacts from western Morocco. While we know numerous sites from the Iberomaurusian and Capsian, industries from the Initial Upper Paleolithic in N-Africa are scare. The period between the Middle Palaeolithic (a Levallois-Mousterian with or without pedunculated … Continue reading →

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